Rear gun-sight.



W. H. WARD & H. G. SCHROEDER.

REAR GUN SIGHT.

APPLICATION HLED OCT. 2|, 191s.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

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WILLIAM HENRY WARD AND HERMAN GUSTAVE SCI-IROEDER, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

REAR GUN-SIGHT.

Application filed October 21, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, \VILLIAM HENRY VARD and HERMAN GUSTAVE Sormononn, citizens of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rear Gun- Sights; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skllled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gun sights, and more particularly to a gun sight apphcable for use at the rear end of the gun barrel.

The primary object of the 1nvent10n is to provide an improved device of this character that provides an openingflabove. and below thenline of vision, so that the ob ect shotat, 01 target, may be quickly and acview our invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of our improved sight applied to the barrel of a gun; Fig. 2 is a slde elevation showing a portion of the gun barrel to which the sight is applied, and having a portion thereof broken away, so that the sight and holder are shown in vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary transverse section taken on the line 4:4 of Fig. 1.

In describing this invention we shall refer to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which the numeral 1 designates a gun barrel which in this instance is shown a rifle barrel, to which our invention is applied. The rifle barrel 1 is provided at a point adjacent its rear end with a transversely extending dovetailed slot 2 in its upper surface. This slot 2 is adapted to receive Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Serial No. 57,082.

therein a locking nut 3 having beveled side edges 4 that engage the dovetailed portion of the same, and the said nut 3 has centrally disposed therein a screw threaded aperture Positioned adjacent the dovetailed slot in the top of the rifle barrel and extending longitudinally with respect to said barrel, is a sight holder 6 which has upturned side edges 7, and has a countersunk opening 8 intermediate its ends. This opening 8 in the bottom of the holder is adapted to aline with the aperture 5 in the nut 3, and the said parts are locked in position by means of a headed screw 9, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

By the arrangement above described it will be obvious that the holding means may be easily and simply secured to the rifle barrel in a manner that prevents the same from being loosened by the constant use of the gun. This form of fastening means is not the essential part of our invention, but merely illustrates the preferred form of securing the new and improved sight in position.

Secured within the sight holder 6 and pivotally mounted between the upstanding sides 7 of the same, is an L-shaped sight 10. The sight 10 has one portion thereof for close range shooting, positioned upright, but when it is desired to use the rifle for long distance shooting, this portion 11 is across said aperture, is a diametrically ex- 100 tending stud 15 which has its upper end 16 formed with an additional V-shaped notch 17 therein, and connecting the upper and lower extreme walls of the aperture and notch. This diametrically extending stud 15 105 is tapered as shown at 16 and is disposed across the aperture 14 in substantially the same plane therewith, and forms an integral part of the same. By this arrangement, it

will be obvious that a person using the rifle Ft if an a for close range shooting, on glancing through the sight will take the V-shaped notch 17 in the upper end of the stud 15 as the line of vision, and consequently the notch in the upper edge of the plate and the aperture disposed beneath the said notch will form an opening above and below the line of vision.

\Vhen it is desired to use the device for long range shooting, the portion 1.1 is swung down and the portion 12 of the sight is moved up. This portion 12 of the sight comprises two parallel side walls 18, which have their upper ends connected as shown at 19, and are adapted to form guides for the improved sighting member 20 positioned thereon. These parallel sides 18 may be graduated if desired to adjust the same to various ranges.

The sighting member 20 is composed of a thin metallic sheet having its opposite edges 21 turned inwardly at an angle, so that the same will engage the outer faces of the parallel side walls 18 which are beveled. The member 20 by this fastening means is adapted to be moved vertically along the portion 12 of the sight, as desired by the operator. The improved member 20 has centrally disposed thereon a structure corresponding to the structure described for the portion 11 of the close range finding sight, and comprises substantially a notched upper edge 22, an aperture 23 beneath the same, and a diametrically extending stud 21 with a V-shaped notched upper end 25, that locates the line of vision on the sight. The most important feature of this improved gun sight relates to the provision of a sight having a line of vision with an opening disposed above and below the same, so that the object shot at may be quickly and accurately located.

This form of sight is especially adapted for rifle hunting when it is necessary to shoot accurately. By having an opening above and below the line of vision as clearly shown, the gunner may quickly locate the object through the sight, and quickly adjust it to the correct line of vision. In former sights of this general construction, the object had to be located directly along the line of vision, and if the same was moving, this was frequently hard to do.

Our improved sight afi'ords a larger range of vision, and afi'ords an easy and simple means of locating the object on the line of vision as soon as the same comes within range of either of the openings above or below said line of vision. This improved sight may be applied to the rifle barrel by any preferred means, the attachment shown in the drawings being only a simple and ellicient way of securing the same.

From the foregoing description of the construction of our improved device, the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof will be umlerstood, and it will be seen that we have provided a simple, inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of the invention.

e claim 1. In a device of the class described an upwardly projecting centrally apertured plate having its upper edge notched, and a vertical stud projecting across the aperture in the same plane therewith.

2. In a device of the class described an upwardly projecting plate with a notched upper edge, said plate having an aperture directly beneath the notch, a vertical diametrically extending stud across said aperture, and an additional V-shaped notch formed in the upper end of said stud.

3. In a device of the class described, an upwardly projecting plate having a notched upper edge, said, plate having a circular aperture directly beneath the notch, a vertical diametrically extending stud across said aperture, and the upper end of the stud being V-shapcd and merging into the extreme upper and lower walls of the aperture and notch respectively.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY WARD. HERMAN GUSTAVE SCHROEDER.

\Vitnesses C. T. Bownns, J. C. BLYTHE.

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